石墨烯
润湿
膜
材料科学
接触角
制作
过滤(数学)
化学工程
纳米技术
纳米材料
聚合物
共价键
复合材料
化学
有机化学
工程类
生物化学
医学
替代医学
统计
数学
病理
作者
J.A. Prince,S. Bhuvana,V. Anbharasi,N. Ayyanar,Kamelia Boodhoo,Gurdev Singh
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.024
摘要
Carbon nanomaterials such as graphene and its derivatives based membranes in real applications are still far from reality due to their hydrophobic nature and limitations in their fabrication process. Here, we have devised a simple and feasible fabrication method to bring the high end nanocarbon based material to real downstream applications. In order to achieve this objective, the wettability of graphene was initially increased to an ultra-wetting level by incorporating amine and carboxyl functionality onto the graphene. The amine and carboxylated graphene is then covalently attached to a polymer matrix to fabricate a water filtration membrane. The characterization of the modified supported graphene-based membrane indicates that significantly higher hydrophilicity than previously expected is achieved, with the water contact angle reduced to zero. The ultra-wetting graphene increases the water permeability of the membrane by 126% without any changes in the selectivity. Based on our findings, we conclude that the ultra-wetting graphene will be an ideal material for new generation water filtration membranes.
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